Links for 13th October 2008

"As seen through the cameras aboard the spacecraft, the Earth spans less than a pixel, which is all we can expect to see when we get the technologies in place to isolate light from Earth-sized worlds elsewhere in the cosmos. We need to know how to interpret potential habitability, in other words, with precious little information, and Venus Express can help."

"… it’s that bizarre architectural merger between gaming, robots, and warfare that continues to catch our attention, and this looming image of a war one day that could be fought by superpower from inside similar types of mobile military gaming cubicles."